physical energy markets

On March 15, the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia nullified FERC's order fining Brian Hunter $30 million dollars for manipulating the price of natural gas futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange in 2006.

Millions of dollars in penalties slapped on some of the world’s biggest banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., by U.S. regulators are the result of policing powers established after the 2001 collapse of Enron Corp.